Esoteric Buddhism: To live as king in America

Why did this happen to me?

Lisa knew she had no one to blame but herself. In this world, people are constantly facing even more difficult choices, and no matter what they choose, it's a matter of life and death.

The choice she had to make was at most to give up a little dignity or a little dream. She couldn't blame her father, her mother, or anyone else. As an adult, Lisa knew she had to bear it all.

Lisa made her choice.

The future and dreams that come with going to university are ultimately just vague and unreal, but if your family collapses now, then it's truly collapsed.

Lisa didn't tell her parents about her decision because she knew their love for the family surpassed even their love for her. Neither her mother nor her father would sacrifice themselves rather than allow their daughter to give up her promising future.

Therefore, Lisa felt obligated to repay them and this family.

The tuition for this semester is non-refundable, but Lisa has already completely given up attending classes without her parents' knowledge. When the next semester begins, she will naturally cast aside any remaining lingering attachment and personally submit her withdrawal application.

With this in mind, Lisa went to Luffy Park alone, trying to show off the divination skills she had learned from her grandmother.

However, under these circumstances, she was attacked by wealthy young men next to the Donna Hotel.

They first grabbed Lisa's handbag, then her forearm. They were far too strong for Lisa to resist, and she could only desperately cry for help. But in this sparsely populated alley, she could only watch as these rich kids dragged her step by step into the alley.

This was the first time Lisa had ever heard of these glamorous beasts in human clothing, in addition to gangsters. She would never forget their devilish faces, nor their hands that had torn her arm so badly.

"Why did this happen to me?"

Lisa knew she didn't seem to have much room for argument. The world seemed to have been this way since she was born; the rich had always been so high and mighty, doing whatever they pleased, abusing their money and power to commit crimes, and easily escaping legal punishment.

Poor people like Lisa, who are struggling with bills, will likely not receive the compensation they deserve or be punished as they should if they resort to the law.

She was already incredibly lucky to have received Mr. Wang He's help and escape safely with almost no harm. She shouldn't ask for too much, shouldn't expect an answer to this question, after all, similar things seem to happen all the time, and she's never the only one.

As the old saying goes, life is unpredictable, and all one can do is accept it with equanimity.

Don't dwell on why these things happened to you. Just focus on how you plan to get through tomorrow. That's all...

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out.

Lisa, who was tied to the pillar, had just regained consciousness when she watched helplessly as her stolen phone was shot to pieces.

Looking at the tattooed, burly men surrounding her, who openly carried pistols and daggers, and the long-haired leader firing indiscriminately throughout the city, even if Lisa was slow to realize, she understood without a doubt that the group surrounding her was the most vicious gang in the city.

"Why...why did you kidnap me?"

"Lisa asked in a trembling voice."

The long-haired man who had just shot and smashed her phone gave a cold laugh in response to this question.

"Ha, it seems our Little Red Riding Hood has woken up. You ask why we kidnapped you?"

The long-haired man walked up to Lisa, his five fingers like five cold, venomous snakes resting on her trembling shoulders. He suddenly blew a breath into her ear, startling Lisa so much that she felt a chill run through her body and almost fainted.

"Hiss hiss hiss..."

The long-haired man relished her fear, letting out a chilling, sinister laugh.

"We kidnapped you because you've associated with the wrong people."

The person she shouldn't have befriended... As an introverted girl busy with part-time jobs, Lisa has only met one person during this period.

"Mr. Wang He?"

Lisa managed to squeeze out this weak question. She was met with a mocking reply from the long-haired man.

"Wang He? Oh, you must be talking about Mi An. Looks like you really are an idiot; he wouldn't even tell you his name."

Lisa's mind went blank for a moment.

She considered that the other party's purpose might be some debt of her family that she was unaware of. She also considered that they might have been acting on behalf of those wealthy young men.

But to everyone's surprise, this group of vicious gangsters came because of Mr. Wang He, the only good person who had helped Lisa during this time.

"Wang He... what did Mr. Mian do to you?"

Lisa's throat was a little dry. She didn't care that the tall, thin man who had saved her had kept his name a secret, but at this moment, she was genuinely afraid that this only good person who had helped her recently might actually be some kind of villain.

This fear even surpassed the terror instilled by the gangsters at that moment, so much so that after receiving no response the first time, she forced out a second sentence.

"Mr. Mian, what exactly did you do?"

Seeing Lisa's anxious expression, the long-haired man seemed to read her mind and didn't rush to answer, only smiling sinisterly.

Only when Lisa looked like she was about to cry did he casually and slowly say:

"What can we do? He owes us money, offended our people, and is also under pressure from higher-ups. That's why we wanted to have a good talk with him about our future plans. Unfortunately, this little thief is really cunning. I don't know why, even though he's with a child, he always manages to evade our tracking. He's as slippery as an eel."

The long-haired man walked up to Lisa, tapped her face with his gun, and narrowed his eyes.

"Fortunately, he still has something to do, and to do that, he needs to meet with people. And when he meets with people, he leaves himself an opportunity. That's how we caught you, and we used you as bait to lure him out and teach him a good lesson."

Hearing that Mr. Mian, who had saved her, was only in debt and not a bad person with malicious intentions, Lisa breathed a sigh of relief, but soon a sense of crisis about herself returned.

"As you said, Mr. Mian has only known me for a short time, and he won't even tell me his real name. How could he possibly come to rescue me just because I was kidnapped?"

She mustered her courage and looked at the long-haired man, trying to speak up and give herself a chance to survive. But to her surprise, the long-haired man just grinned, revealing a smile even brighter than before.

"No, he will come. I swear to you, he will definitely come."